Shell (Material Keyword)

Modified or unmodified objects made from mollusc shell.

1,701-1,725 (7,413 Records)

Ark_HM_headpot: Nodena style head effigy vessel (2008)
SENSORY DATA Uploaded by: Angie Payne

Nodena style head effigy vessel


Ark_HM_XXb: Possibly a chert hammer stone (2008)
SENSORY DATA Uploaded by: Angie Payne

Possibly a chert hammer stone


The Arkansas City Project, South Central Kansas, USA
PROJECT Uploaded by: Robert J. Hoard

Documentation of excavations of a related group of Late Prehistoric, pre-contact, ancestral Wichita Great Bend aspect archaeological sites. Excavations were conducted 1994-1996 by the Kansas State Historical Society (now Kansas Historical Society) in advance of highway and levee construction to mitigate the impacts of the projects as per Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.


Arma Veirana excavation
PROJECT Uploaded by: Claudine Gravel-Miguel

The Arma Veirana cave is located in the Liguria region of Italy. Excavation of the cave begun in 2015 and has unearthed Neanderthal to Early Mesolithic material. This project was led co-jointly by Dr. Jamie Hodgkins, Dr. Caley Orr, Dr. David Strait, Dr. Stefano Benazzi, Dr. Marco Peresani, Dr. Christopher E. Miller, Dr. Julien Riel-Salvatore, and Dr. Fabio Negrino. The files contained in this repository focus on the Early Mesolithic portion of the stratigraphy. The micro-CT scans have...


Arrival of the North Star: Interesting From New Granda: Revolution in Carthagena: The Chiriqui Gold Discoveries: Later from California and Oregon (1859)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Shelby Manney

This Newspaper clipping from August 12, 1859 discribes the Chiriqui gold discoveries in Panama and the arrival of the steamship the "North Star."


Arrival of the Star of the West: News from California and Central America: $1,863,601 in Treasure (1859)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Shelby Manney

This newspaper article dates August 12, 1859 and describes "The Grave-Digging Excitement at Chiriqui, the Collins Steamers, and the Business of the Panama Railroad."


Arrowhead Rock (1972)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dee Visborg.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans (1883)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William H. Holmes.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans (1883)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William H. Holmes.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Art In Shell of the Ancient Americans (1883)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William H. Holmes.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


ARTICULATING ACTIVITY AREAS AND FORMATION PROCESSES AT THE SAPELO ISLAND SHELL RING COMPLEX (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Victor D. Thompson.

This paper examines the formation and changing use of circular shell-bearing sites (i.e., s.hell rings) in the southeastern United States to provide information on the role of circular village organization and monument construction among hunter-gatherer groups.


Artifact & Excavation Photographs,Site 18HA242, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2003)
IMAGE Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

Photographs taken of artifacts collected from Site 18HA242 and and test units dug as part of a Phase I investigation of Site 18HA242, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. In addition, there are photographs of a chain and stove door from the site that was conserved at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory. Photographs of the conservation process can be found in PDF format as part of the '1996.041 APG Supplemental Cultural Resource Management Plan, Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Proving...


Artifact Catalog, Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir (2018)
DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Alexandria, Virginia laboratory in September 2014. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through the archaeological contracting firms, Cogstone‐Berger, JV. The procedures employed to re‐house the archaeological...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological and Historical Survey, Fort Lee (2011)
DATASET Fort Lee Regional Archaeological Curation Facility. Donald K. Creveling. H Polk II. Kim Jones Lukezic. Antony F. Opperman. L. W. McKee. C. Thomas.

Aritfact catalog for the archaeological inventory that was conducted by MAAR Associates. Inc. at Fort Lee, Prince George County. Virginia. This study resulted in the identification of 99 prehistoric and historic sites. A total of 3609 acres was examined constituting a 66.7 percent sample of the facility including all area undisturbed by recent military activity. Initial projections of the resource base were largely confirmed, and the use of an environmentally-based sampling strategy was found to...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Data Recovery from 22LA545, Lafayette County, Mississippi (2018)
DATASET Uploaded by: system user

The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from Vicksburg District are discussed below. Upon completion of this curation management project, the Vicksburg District collection will be sent to Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University for permanent curation. The...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Evaluations of Significance, Fort Lee (2011)
DATASET MAAR Associates, Inc.. Antony F. Opperman. Donald K. Creveling.

Catalog of artifacts from Archaeological Evaluations of Significance at Fort Lee. A total of 17 archeological evaluations of significance were completed as part of an ongoing program of cultural resource management at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluations were conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and its implementing regulations In situations where planned development projects would adversely affect identified archeological resources. Of the...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Excavations for the Jenkins House Site (46CB41) 2002-2003 (2018)
DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Alexandria laboratory in April 2014. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through New South Associates (NSA) headquartered in Stone Mountain, Georgia. During the course of this project, the VCP was successively staffed...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Investigation of Fort Norfolk (44NR1) 1977 (2015)
DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

This collection is referred to as "Archaeological Investigation of Fort Norfolk (44NR1) 1977.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) linear inch. The documents date from 1977 to 1979. The investigation primarily occurred in 1977, which explains the date in the project name. The range of dates includes additional archaeological catalogs dating to 1979. The majority of the documents were...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Investigations at Indian Cove (9LC24) 1985 (2014)
DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Savannah District, archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Washington, DC laboratory in the winter of 2010 and then moved to the Alexandria, Virginia laboratory in August 2011. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through John Milner Associates, Inc. (JMA), a cultural resource...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Recovery and Analysis of an Indian Dugout Canoe (Site 22 WS 776) Discovered in the Bank of Steele Bayou Swan Lake Washington County Mississippi (2018)
DATASET US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District’s collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Survey of Beech Fork Lake 1973-1975 (2019)
DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program's (VCP) Alexandria laboratory in September 2014. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District's Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through the archaeological contracting firms, Cogstone-Berger, JV. The procedures employed to re-house the archaeological material from the...


Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Survey of Pender Camp Wastewater Force Main, Fort A.P. Hill (2011)
DATASET The Louis Berger Group, Inc..

Artifact catalog from the Archaeological Survey of Pender Camp Wastewater Force Main, Fort A.P. Hill. See the applicable Utility Codes (https://core.tdar.org/document/392652), also in this project.


Artifact Catalog, Data Recovery at the Milner (22YZ515) and O'Neil Creek (22YZ624) Sites Yazoo County Mississippi (2018)
DATASET US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District’s collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...


Artifact Catalog, Demonstration Erosion Control Six Watersheds Phase I/II (2018)
DATASET US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...


Artifact Catalog, Four Disposal Areas, Three Water-Control Structures and a Portion of the Tallahatchie River (2018)
DATASET US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...